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Travis Head, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammed Shami and Chamari Athapaththu make it to our teams of the year

Our staff pick their men's and women's teams from among those who excelled through the year

30-Dec-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff

England's misery, Netherlands' delight, Pakistan's chaos

Our first batch of team report cards for 2023

28-Dec-2023

Spin-to-win template could hurt Bangladesh in the long run

Pitches like the one in Dhaka maximise Bangladesh's strengths and enable them to push for WTC points, but what does it do to their fast bowlers?

06-Dec-2023•Mohammad Isam

Captain Shanto moulds Bangladesh in his forthright image

He had only played 23 Tests before Sylhet, and was captaining for the first time in the format, but there was no hint of newbie about his leadership

03-Dec-2023•Mohammad Isam

Bangladesh pull off quiet triumph at a time of major upheaval

Fans had turned on the team after a poor World Cup, and the big stars were missing, but the players didn't lose their belief

02-Dec-2023•Mohammad Isam

Bangladesh's spin band delivers another hit, sans leading man

There was no Shakib Al Hasan, but Taijul Islam, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Nayeem Hasan managed to tie New Zealand down in knots

01-Dec-2023•Mohammad Isam

Calm and clinical Shanto brings back Bangladesh's smile

Shanto scored a century, made some smart calls on the field, and is looking good for more in his first coming as Test captain

30-Nov-2023•Mohammad Isam

Taijul vs Williamson takes centrestage in Shakib's absence

Williamson scored his fourth hundred in as many Tests but Taijul's guile and perseverance kept the contest on an even keel

29-Nov-2023•Mohammad Isam

A World Cup of fast scoring, big wins, and no toss advantage

The major stats trends that emerged over the 48 matches in the 2023 ODI World Cup

21-Nov-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Toppers, duffers, can-do-betters - the World Cup report cards are out

Australia are annoying teacher's pets again, India get gold stars for effort, England look for a place to hide their report cards

21-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Rohit, Kohli, Maxwell, Mitchell in ESPNcricinfo's team of the tournament

Find out who else makes the XI based on Smart Stats

20-Nov-2023•S Rajesh

If you're tired of the Mathews timed-out controversy, you're tired of life

The World Cup brings the best performances out of its players - so what if that happens to be in the field of comedy?

15-Nov-2023•Alan Gardner

Bangladesh batters too easily satisfied, says S Sriram

Technical consultant during the World Cup says the team needs to find a way to score 300-plus consistently in ODIs

14-Nov-2023•Mohammad Isam

Confused, chaotic, controversial: picking through Bangladesh's World Cup

There had been high hopes leading into the tournament after a strong four years but it all fell flat. Why?

13-Nov-2023•Mohammad Isam

Bangladesh could have done without constantly shuffling batting order, admits Shanto

Regular captain Shakib Al Hasan and the team management had defended the decision on previous occasions

11-Nov-2023•Mohammad Isam

'I have left them in a good space with a good platform' - Donald to sign off as Bangladesh fast-bowling coach

After overseeing a fast-bowling revolution of sorts for the team, Allan Donald hopes Bangladesh will prepare more sporting pitches to keep the quicks relevant

10-Nov-2023•Mohammad Isam

Shakib's pat on the shoulder that preceded the mayhem

Then Bangladesh captain will probably wake up unconcerned by the storm he has created, because that's just Shakib

07-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mathews dismissed timed out: 'Eye-opener for all batters'

Reactions pour in from all corners, with Dale Steyn, Gautam Gambhir, Farveez Maharoof, Usman Khawaja and others having their say

06-Nov-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff

Explained: Could Delhi's poor air quality force the ICC to cancel Bangladesh vs SL?

From consulting pulmonologists to asking players to sit indoors, the ICC and event organisers are taking other steps too to help the players

05-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Bangladesh reset their batting, but it's come too late for World Cup of regret

Abandonment of conventional top-six approach destabilised campaign that promised better

31-Oct-2023•Mohammad Isam

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